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Peacock, the country's national bird, is becoming endangered. Poisoned and killed for its beautiful tail-feathers, the population of the bird is plunging at a rather 'worrying rate'. With the situation causing concern, the officials are now thinking of imposing a ban on trade in peacock feathers. Of late, young boys can be seen at traffic crossings and marketplaces across the Capital selling peacock feathers in whole or shaped as fans. Most of them come from neighbouring Rajasthan and there are no means of testing whether the feathers have been plucked or shed as sellers trim their tips, making detection impossible. Under the law, collection of tail-feathers is possible only when the bird sheds them during August-September soon after the mating season is over. Though the Director of Foreign Trade has issued instructions that peacock feathers are banned for export, they are still being commercially traded within the country.

It could not be ascertained that:

A) The feathers are plucked or shed

B) If the population of peacock is plunging

C) Whether the feathers came from Rajasthan

D) Peacock feathers are exported or not

E) None of these